Main Street to be closed for building demolition

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On Thursday, Aug. 5, at around noon, officers received a call about a car coming into town on Route U where a man and woman were fighting inside.

An officer found the car on Dawson Road and made a traffic stop. The woman in the car said the man had assaulted her in Lilbourn and the man admitted that he had grabbed the woman’s hair.

He was then placed under arrest and transported to the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Office for booking. Because the assault occurred in Lilbourn, the case was turned over to a New Madrid County Deputy for investigation.

At about 9 a.m. Aug. 9, several calls were received about the collapse of a building in the area of Main and Mill streets. Officers and city crews responded to the area.

The building, on the southeast corner of the intersection, has been in disrepair for some time. Luckily no one was injured and no cars were on Main Street in front of the building at the time of the collapse.

Main Street will be closed for a few days while the owner makes arrangements to have the rest of the building demolished.